On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:58:17 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > That's whay I used to do until I found the gentoo=nox option, it > > saves maintaining an extra runlevel. > > But X isn't the only thing I don't run when not running X, if you see > what I mean. Only about 3 other things differ at the moment, but I > leave the possibilities open.
In that case, another level is a better option. > And I don't have to type anything at the grub command prompt. Of course not, you have an extra GRUB menu option to specify the runlevel, as I do to specify the nox option. > And maintaining the other run level is not arduous anyway, as changes > occur only when I install or remove a system service. Rarely, in other > words. I used a script in local.stop to copy all symlinks in default to the nox runlevel, except the ones I didn't want to run, which were only xdm and vmware, hence my preference for the simpler soluton when it bacame available. > To each his own, of course, as ever. Indeed, choice is wonderful. -- Neil Bothwick Uhura: Captain, you're being flamed on channel one.
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